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The disconnect between animal models of sepsis and human sepsis

Year: 2006

Type: review

Abstract: Frequently used experimental models of sepsis include cecal ligation and puncture, ascending colon stent peritonitis, and the i.p. or i.v. injection of bacteria or bacterial products (such as LPS). Many of these models mimic the pathophysiology of human sepsis. However, identification of mediators in animals, the blockade of which has been protective, has not translated into clinical efficacy in septic humans. We describe the shortcomings of the animal models and reasons why effective therapy for human sepsis cannot be derived readily from promising findings in animal sepsis.

Source: Journal of Leukocyte Biology

DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0806542

Authors: Daniel Rittirsch, L Marco Hoesel, Peter A Ward

Institutions: University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of General Medical Sciences